Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [a]

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  1. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.

In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [a]paralyzed, [b]waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

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  1. John 5:3 withered
  2. John 5:3 NU omits the rest of v. 3 and all of v. 4.

and a crowd of people who were sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed sat there.[a]

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  1. John 5:3 Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include the following addition waiting for the water to move. Sometimes an angel would come down to the pool and stir up the water. Then the first one going into the water after it had been stirred up was cured of any sickness.